Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Experiences in the Mediterranean

Dynamization of the local economies throught interregional coopertaion in the Mediterranean area. Two case studies: CHORD & INNOVATEMED

Regions from Italy, France, Greece and Spain have joined their efforts to implement two European initiatives co-financed by the European programme MED. The awareness of the strong potential of the Mediterranean basin to overcome traditional problems has been the reason.
Next Thursday 15thSeptember will be take place The Final Conference about these two Mediterranean pilots at the Committee of Regions in Brussels. In this act will be analyzed the results of this projects and how the combination of innovation with traditional and high added value features throught clustering process unlock the development of the tourist sector of these Mediterranean basin regions.
The main objective of INNOVATE-MED, led by Naples Province, is improving the level of technical development of local and regional SMEs so as to enhance innovation and achieve a higher level of competitiveness in the global market.
On the other hand, CHORD is focused in to develop and experiment a common strategy to govern and implement innovative cultural services and promote initiatives based on the cultural attractiveness and heritage of the Mediterranean area.